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'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of' [70r] (147/546)
The record is made up of 1 volume (273 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1927-27 Apr 1930. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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5«
Sultan^ abdication*
5. His Highness, as already reported telegraphically,
announced his decision of never returning to Muscat, ^lien I
expressed surprise at this decision, he remarked, (as stated in
my telegram No./^Ltfof^ ^ that he understood we
were well aware of his intention. It is true that Major Murphy
referred to it in his D.O. No.78-C of 15th November 1928
quoted in my D .O. to you No. ■77c of J- 0 -***-11 So § after
your interview with His Highness in December 1929, in which -
though given a special opportunity to do so - he did not allude
to his abdication it was concluded that he had probably
abandoned the idea for the present. (Your letter No.^tf?5of
faujudUi I ivy to Government of India).
6. I naturally used all possible arguments to induce the
Sultan to alter his decision. I pointed out that - as he knew ^
well - both you and I had his interests at heart; that H.M.
Government - on your representations - was doing its utmost
to relieve the financial necessities of his State vide the
scheme of raising the Customs dues from 5 ^ to StxxM 7i %; that
you hadk^applied to the Government of India for a moratorium
of the next repayment of the State debt; that you had personally
proceeded to £>ur and induced the Amir of Ja*alan to lower his
flag and promise good behavious for the future, and so|forth.
I pointed out that satisfactory as the Council of Ministers had
proved, it was only a makeshift; that what Arabs really
appreciated was a personal ruler, and tnat ttie person to fill
that important post was obviously His Highness. My arguments
were of no avail. The Sultan merely became perturbed and re
iterated his protestations that he would not return to Muscat,
giving ill-health as the reason. As he had made arrangements to
go tiger shooting in ten days time, this reason - as pointed
out in my telegram No./>Ztf of , can hardly be
held as valid. I asked him frankly was it because, when he was
in Muscat he had not sufficient funds for keeping U p
position properly,,entertaining Sheikhs, etc. He replied in
in the negative. When I asked him what he thought should be
done to fill his place, he replied that there were various
individuals, including his son. Saiyid Said, who could be
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Most of the correspondence relates to the appointment of a Financial Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. Letters discuss Bertram Thomas role as Financial Adviser and his replacement by Stuart Edwin Hedgcock. Also discussed is Thomas' crossing of the Rub al Khali; possible recruitment of British officers in Iraq; proposals that Captain Robin Williams George Stephens should act as Financial Adviser; other topics include the Sultan of Muscat's [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] visit to Europe and improvements of the customs administration at Sur.
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- 1 volume (273 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order. The file also has an index at the front.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 4-251; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Foliation errors: 3 and 3A; 94 and 94A.
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- 'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of'
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- front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:93v, 94ar:94av, 94r:267v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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